David Parkin
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600 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 19 Aug
David Parkin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And you wouldn't be taking the job unless you were given that kind of...
and I think Carver at the stage where they're so, it's been, what, 20-odd years or whatever now, Gerard, that they've had little or no real success, that they are as anxious as any other organisation to get the job done.
But it won't be easy.
I can assure you, going into the job, you want to go in with your eyes wide open, your ears wide open, and learn as much as you can for...
for as long as you can, um, because it won't be an easy task.
Oh, no, no.
I think, no, I don't, I just, I'd hate to say it was a poison chalice job, but I think in any AFL club and game, the new one that's starting in Tasmania, it's, it's a, it's an unknown, Gerard.
And, uh,
You're going to something where you hope, like, hell, what you bring as a person and the values and behaviours of those that you appoint around you is going to achieve the job.
But hell, it's one, when you think of the competition and the opposition to what you want for you, it's the most demanding, I would have thought, sporting role without doubt, without fear or favour, and others will argue against that, but I would think it's the most difficult task
in Australian sport, and sometimes I think in world sport, is to get one of the AFL clubs in a position where you can strike out and have an opportunity to win a flag.
It's an enormous mountain to climb, and there are lots of multiple difficulties along the way that you've got to confront and get over.
It's, yeah, I don't...
encourage anybody unless they're absolutely and totally committed and understand the pitfalls of the role that they're taking.
It's tough.
Absolutely.
Oh, yeah.
I think having gone down this pathway and understanding where they are and what needs to be done, they've got two extremely capable people in the
administrative roles the two most important roles the two most important people are as good as you can find in our current game or even outside our current game in Australian sport full stop I think they've got two of the best so given that the leadership off field now at I think at board level and in administration at Carlton I think Carlton people can be very positive about the road ahead and
And the opportunity to, A, make finals and, B, win finals, I think is as good as it can be.
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